The Kilkenny team to face Waterford in Nowlan Park on Sunday has been named and barring any pre-match changes, will be giving league starts to Pat Lyng and Ollie Walsh with Richie Hogan captaining the side in the absence of the injured Mark Bergin.
For Wateford, there’s no Austin Gleeson in starting fifteen for this stage of the league, though Conor Gleeson along with Pauric Mahony, Shane Bennett and Tadhg de Burca will all start.
Kilkenny team v Waterford
| 1 | Eoin Murphy | Glenmore |
| 2 | Joey Holden | Ballyhale Shamrocks |
| 3 | Padraig Walsh | Tullaroan |
| 4 | Conor O Shea | Clara |
| 5 | Paul Murphy | Danesfort |
| 17 | Kieran Joyce | Rower Inistioge |
| 7 | Cillian Buckley | Dicksboro |
| 8 | Ollie Walsh | Dicksboro |
| 9 | Conor Fogarty | Erins Own |
| 10 | Pat Lyng | Rower Inistioge |
| 11 | T J Reid | Ballyhale Shamrocks |
| 12 | Sean Morrissey | Bennettsbridge |
| 13 | Jonjo Farrell | Thomastown |
| 14 | Liam Blanchfield | Bennettsbridge |
| 15 | Richie Hogan | Danesfort |
Kilkenny bench v Waterford
| 16 | Richie Reid | Ballyhale Shamrocks |
| 6 | Robert Lennon | Bennettsbridge |
| 18 | Michael Walsh | Young Irelands |
| 19 | Shane Prendergast | Clara |
| 20 | Evan Cody | Dicksboro |
| 21 | Lester Ryan | Clara |
| 22 | Paddy Deegan | O’Loughlin Gaels |
| 23 | Conor Martin | Emeralds |
| 24 | Richie Leahy | Rower Inistioge |
| 25 | Walter Walsh | Tullogher Rosbercon |
| 26 | Alan Murphy | Glenmore |
Waterford team v Kilkenny
1. Ian O’Regan (Mount Sion)
2. Shane Fives (Tourin)
3. Barry Coughlan (Ballygunner)
4. Noel Connors (Passage)
5. Tadhg de Burca (Clashmore / Kinsalebeg)
17. Stephen Daniels (De La Salle)
21. Mikey Kearney (Ballyduff Upper)
8. Jamie Barron (Fourmilewater)
9. Conor Gleeson (Fourmilewater)
10. Kevin Moran (De La Salle)
11. Pauric Mahony (Ballygunner)
12. Michael Walsh (Stradbally)
13. Patrick Curran (Dungarvan)
23. Tom Devine (Modeligo)
20. Shane Bennett (Ballysaggart)
We’ll have live commentary of Kilkenny v Waterford in the first round of the Allianz Hurling League this Sunday at 2pm – on air and online – with thanks to Countrystyle Foods, Grannagh, Kilmacow – as local as it gets.
